From the Heart of the Country
by Coetzee, J. M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 006010841X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060108410
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Synopsis
In the Heart of the Country (1977) is an English language novel by J. M. Coetzee which delves in the complex relationships that form between the colonizer and the colonized. It takes place on a desolate farm in South Africa told through the perspective of an intelligent yet meek European woman. She clashes with her father when he takes an African mistress, causing a rift that leads towards vengeance, violence and a muddling of her own relationship with the Africans. In the U.S.A.
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- Bookseller
- James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9029188
- Title
- From the Heart of the Country
- Author
- Coetzee, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 006010841X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060108410
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1977]
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